Selecting instruments for assessing psychological wellbeing in Afghan and Kurdish refugee groups

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Table 5 Participant descriptive statistics for each instrument

Variable		Kessler-10			GPSE			PWI (Subjective wellbeing)
		Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n
Male	(n = 100)	18.48	7.22	100	32.39	6.18	96	79.52	14.06	99
Female	(n = 93)	21.84	7.99	93	28.17	6.26	90	74.73	15.68	91
Afghan	(n = 90)	19.82	7.65	90	29.49	6.78	89	80.50	14.51	87
Kurdish	(n = 103)	20.34	7.90	103	31.12	6.27	97	74.45	14.93	103
English version	(n = 113)	18.75	6.66	113	32.00	5.46	110	75.56	15.55	112
Farsi version	(n = 80)	22.00	8.80	80	27.93	7.26	76	79.62	13.95	78
Total score	(n = 193)	20.10	7.77	193	30.34	6.55	186	77.22	15.01	190
		TEST OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR EACH VARIABLE & INSTRUMENT
		*Kessler-10*				*GPSE*			*PWI*
Variable		U	Z	p	U	Z	p	U	Z	p
Gender		3333.5	-3.401	0.001	2486.0	-5.007	0.000	3730.0	-2.046	0.041
Refugee group		4501.5	-0.345	0.730	3706.5	-1.666	0.096	3348.5	-2.999	0.003
Language version		3601.0	-2.408	0.016	2799.0	-3.833	0.000	3716.0	-1.749	0.080

Kessler-10 criteria: Low risk psychological distress 10-15.9; Moderate risk 16-21.9; High risk 22-29.9, Very high or severe risk 30-50.
GPSE: Aggregate scoring range 10-40 with higher scores suggesting higher levels of self efficacy.
PWI: Reporting subjective wellbeing as an aggregate percentage score, higher scores represent higher overall satisfaction.

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